Greggs

In a review of the popular Oxford Road branch of Greggs, someone questioned the need to review one particular Greggs branch over an other.
They obviously have not had the rotten luck to have their workplace situated near this branch, or they would soon realise that even supposedly generic chain-​stores have their weak links.
I like a good Greggs. There are days in work so excruciatingly torturous that one of their greasy pasties (the genius combination of beans, cheese & sausage is a particular favorite), and a yum yum is required just to make it through the lunch hour. Their chelsea buns are probably my favourite of their sweet guilty pleasures, and on these alone the branch deserves a 1 star.
Unfortunately in this branch, far from being greeted with some cheery 40-​something ladies calling us ‘love’, we get surly faced sour bakes, who delight in giving you the coldest of the pasties without prior warning.
The sandwiches aren’t so much made-​up as beaten up — a bit of tuna slopped here & there, a half dead shred of lettuce if you are lucky.
I once had the audacity to try & use a discount voucher, which succeeded in 3 members of staff gathering around the till, moaning about how I had ‘baffled’ them.
If you happen to be stranded in Longsight, in major need of a sausage roll/​sandwich fix– do yourself a favour & pop into the local ‘Martins’ instead.